To anyone interested in automotive history, the late 1940s and early ‘50s was a fascinating period of time, especially in...
Bruce McLaren Scrapbook – A Pictorial Celebration of a Kiwi Legend By Jan McLaren and Richard Becht Bruce McLaren was...
The 2013 edition of Race Retro will honour the motorsport legacy of racing’s Team Lotus and the rallying success of Alpine as its chosen marques when it returns to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th February. Since winning its first World Championship title in 1963, racing driver...
Small independent shops are keystones of the automobile restoration industry, and among the more notable of these is Cavaglieri Restorations, recently relocated to a new 4,000-square-foot facility near Van Nuys airport in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley. Proprietor Joey Cavaglieri’s early automotive experience came as a racing mechanic, beginning with Pete...
Tiger Tales Dear Editor, I have to point out a rather large error in your article about the Sunbeam Tiger....
Pete Lyons Any idea what we’re looking at here? Don’t wait for me to tell you, I only have the...
When event patron Peter Ricketts was asked what he had done in a previous life to bring so much precipitation down upon the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power yet again, he replied that he was certain “it couldn’t have been that bad!” As squishy underfoot as it got on Friday and...
Inclement weather had battered and bruised England during the early summer months, leaving people wondering how Goodwood’s Festival of Speed...
• HANS® Performance Products, the inventors of the head and neck restraint, has announced its next-generation product, the HANS Adjustable....
When we presented the first part of our continuing interview with F1 design legend John Barnard last March, VR Contributing Editor Mike Jiggle got him to discuss his early years at Lola and going to work at McLaren, as well as his basic design philosophy. In this second installment he speaks...
Without doubt, I have to say my greatest racecar is the Jaguar XJR-9 LM that took me, Jan Lammers and...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
In celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the coming London Olympics, Rodeo Drive became decidedly British on June 17, when the annual Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance celebrated their “THE BRITISH ARE COMING!” theme, with over 30,000 people in attendance. As the 2012 featured marque, Aston Martin was the centerpiece...
The Lotus Elan was launched in October 1962 at the British Motorshow, making next month the car’s 50th anniversary. The...
When Jack Brabham was demobbed from the Royal Australian Air Force in 1947, even he did not realize he was...
Di Spires Photo: Mike Jiggle For me, motor racing became like a drug—the more I attended Grand Prix events in the UK and Europe the more I wanted to get onto the “inside.” At first, I’d go motor racing with my brother, later I met Stuart, my husband. We’d travel...
Griot’s Glass Sealant There are many joys associated with driving a classic car that can’t be reproduced by any other...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
Les Leston was born in 1920 named Alfred Lazarus Fingleston. He worked in the motor accessory business and was an accomplished drummer in the Clay Pigeons jazz band that included Belgian racer Johnny Claes. Leston’s racing career began in the late 1940s driving a Jaguar SS100, but he soon turned...
Lotus 25 Car: Lotus-Climax 25 / Engine: 90 Deg V8 Coventry-Climax / Maker: Lotus / Bore X Stroke: 63 mm X 60...
For three short years, in the early 1960s, Christabel Carlisle, now Lady Watson, was the name on the lips of...
Many will believe my greatest racecar will be the Ferrari 156 “sharknose,” since featuring in my film and DVD of the late 1990s, La Passione. As a romantic young boy it was, but now I would say it wasn’t. It has to be remembered, Stirling Moss wiped the board with...
Spiking interest in F3 Dear Editor, Your story on Spike Rhiando and the Trimax gave me the impetus needed to...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Mecum Auctions shocked the auction world with the late May announcement that they would be offering two icons from racing history at their August sale in Monterey. The first announcement was the sale of the STP-sponsored Lotus Type 56/3 Turbine Indy racecar, driven by Graham Hill at the 1968 Indianapolis...
Lotus was featured marque at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012, staged June 28 – July 1 on the 1.16-mile...
1957 Lotus Eleven LM 150Photo: Shifting Focus It was still very early days for the small, but growing firm of Lotus...
Canadian Big Healey Dear Editor, I enjoyed the article “Big Healey” in the March 2012 issue of Vintage Racecar. In reference to the Healey referred to as CAN 171 (pg. 39) I can perhaps add something to the author’s history of this car. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
